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Page 251
... gold . The headrests , of alabaster , stone , or wood , sometimes ornamented in gold , silver , or electrum ( a nat- ural alloy of silver and gold ) , represent the most charac- teristic examples of Egyptian furniture . Egyptian ...
... gold . The headrests , of alabaster , stone , or wood , sometimes ornamented in gold , silver , or electrum ( a nat- ural alloy of silver and gold ) , represent the most charac- teristic examples of Egyptian furniture . Egyptian ...
Page 348
... Gold and enamel purse cover from the Sutton Hoo Ship - Burial , Suffolk , before 655. In the British Museum . By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ornaments and figurative images anticipating Roman- esque monumentality ...
... Gold and enamel purse cover from the Sutton Hoo Ship - Burial , Suffolk , before 655. In the British Museum . By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ornaments and figurative images anticipating Roman- esque monumentality ...
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... gold dust on the Gold Coast , and cowrie shells on the Slave Coast . Anoth- er development was the emergence on a considerable scale of production for sale . In Ashanti , for example , some villages were given over to the production of ...
... gold dust on the Gold Coast , and cowrie shells on the Slave Coast . Anoth- er development was the emergence on a considerable scale of production for sale . In Ashanti , for example , some villages were given over to the production of ...
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